Today in Pictures, May 29, 2025
Relatives, friends and other attendees mourning over the coffins of 17-year-old Roman Martyniuk, his 11-year-old sister Tamara Martyniuk and eight-year-old brother Stanislav Martyniuk, who were killed by a Russian missile strike, during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Korostyshiv, Ukraine, on May 28.
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